woke up early this morning to watch Joshua’s heat. bummer he lost but stoked he’s in the international surfing spotlight. as he came out of the water, somebody asked him to sign his umbrella. cool!
then went to pick up Fujiwara-san and Ryo-kun. super cool surfers from kanagawa.
Fujiwara-san’s been surfing for only 6 years but is totally hooked on surfing. super stoked to see him riding some good waves and walking the board. gosh, the waves for us couldn’t have been any better.
Ryo-kun’s only 13 years old and has been surfing for 2 years. i taught him how to turn today and he was turning all over the place. super fast learner and super good surfer.
and when he paddled back out after a good wave, you could see the stoke in his smile. such a cute kid that loves surfing!
father and son on a surf trip in hawaii? that’s a dream for any kid. thank you Fujiwara-san and Ryo-kun for the awesome surf session.
seen Keoni out getting the good rights. if it wasn’t for this guy, i wouldn’t have my camera and wouldn’t have these beautiful photos. thanks again Keoni for finding my camera.
seen this chick ripping! she took off, came flying down the line, and did a cutback right in my face. it was awesome!
spray me! girls who surf. yeah!
i heard on that tourism for the month of June was up 6%. over 750,000 tourists came to hawaii in June. and they spent $1.32 billion. really? that’s 148765801717.50 yen spending in one month! wow! aloha from hawaii!
went surfing in the afternoon with the Nanami-san family. always a good time. photos coming tomorrow. been averaging 5-7 hours/day surfing ever since i got back. that’s around 40 hours of surfing in 6 days. no wonder i’m so black and my eyes are sunburnt. anyway, it’s almost 8pm so my bedtime is really soon. gotta go. good night.
